Hanger.



H. CLAUSSEN.

HANGER.

APPLICATION PILBDYSBPT. 25. 1909.

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. Patented Feb. 20, 1912.

vwewboz HERMANN CLAUSSEN, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

HANGER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application led September 25, 1909.

Patented Feb. 20, 1912.

Serial No. 519,576.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it lmown that I, HERMANN CLAUssEN, citizen of the United States, residing at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hangers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in hangers for hats, coats and the like, designed to be made portable so as to be carried in the pocket, bag, or gripsack and applied in any desired position.

It comprises broadly a supporting member having pins or projections adapted to be pressed into a partition or other suitable support and a member having pivotal connection therewith and designed, when closed, to fold against or parallel with the supporting member and to protect the pins or projections thereon. Vhen in its operative position this protective member serves as a support for one or more garments.

The device as a whole is simple in its nature being composed of two members and it serves when in use to perform its function in a most serviceable and efficient manner.

Other objects and advantages of the in vention will hereinafter appear and the novel features thereof will be particularly pointed out in the appended claim.

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, which, with the numerals of reference marked thereon, form a part of this specification, and in which,

Figure 1 is an elevation of my improved device with the members in their closed position. Fig. 2 is a side elevation showing the members in position for use. Fig. 3 is an elevation of the supporting member of Fig. 2 detached. Fig. 4 is a perspective detail on an enlarged scale showing the construction of the protecting member at the junction of its two arms.

Like numerals of reference indicate like parts throughout the several views.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates a supporting member, having at one end a hook shaped member 2, the rear face being preferably flat as seen at 3 and provided with pins or projections 4 as seen clearly in Figs. 1, 2 and 3 which operates the pins or projections normally at an angle inclined slightly downward at an angle somewhat less than a right angle to the rear face, to support member 1 as seen clearly in Fig. 3.

5 is a member having its ends, 6 and 7 eX- tend at substantially a right angle to its .body portion, as seen in 7 being bent upon itself to form a substantially semi-circular portion 8, having an extension 9 which is at substantially a right angle to the end member 7. The extension of the guard member normally engages the hook member 1 so that when the end 6 is released from the hook member the guard will be thrown away from the hook member by reason of the spring extension of said guard member. Vithin this curved portion 8 is received a slotted portion 10 of the member 1, as seen clearly in Figs. 1 and 2. The member 10 is received within the eye of the grooved portion 8 and the entrance to said eye is then substantially or partially closed as shown in Figs. 1 and 2 so as to prevent ready displacement of the parts, yet allow of free movement of the one with relation to the other. In practice the device is applied as seen in Fig. 2. The pins 4: are pressed into the wall or other liXed support 12 until the flat face engages said support. Then when weight is applied to the member 1 the inclination of the pins 4 serves to prevent the member 1 from being pulled out, said pins in l assuming a substantially horizontal position as seen in Fig. 2.

When not in use the device is closed as seen in Fig. 1, when the member 5 serves as a guard to protect the pins 4. W'hen not in use the member is frictionally secured in a hole 13 of the hooked member 1 as seen in Fig. 1. When in use this guard member 5 is thrown over into the position in which it is seen in Fig. 2, where it serves as a support for coats or other articles of wearing apparel.

Sometimes the guard 5 may be omitted rnd the member 1 used alone as indicated in Modifications in detail may be resorted to without departing from the spirit of the invention or sacrificing any of its advantages.

What is claimed as new is In a coat hanger, a hook member having fasteners projecting therefrom and formed ried by the guard member adapted to be at one end with an eye, a guard member snapped to the hook member. 10 having one end pivoted to the eye and In testimony whereof I affix my signaformed with a resilient extension adapted to ture, in presence of two witnesses.

bear against the hook member wien the HERMANN CLAUSSEN. guard is closed thereon, said extension pro- Witnesses:

jecting outwardly of the hook member when ANDREW G. KING,

the guard is open7 and an end extension ear- GEORGE H. KUGLER.

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